“The Star-Spangled Banner” was once again booed in Canada ahead of a sporting event.
The latest anti-American screen took place at the Scotiabank Arena before Toronto Raptors took on the Los Angeles Clippers. Fans lived the American national anthem as a 15-year-old female song it. A mixture of boos and cheers were heard before receiving a resounding applause to the Canadian national anthem, “O, Canada.”
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Raptors Frem, from Left, Bruce Brown, Scottie Barnes and Chris Boucher respond as fans boo the US national anthem before the Los Angeles Clippers game in Toronto, Sunday 2nd February 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian press via AP)
The theme of Canadians who lived the American anthem began on Saturday night when the Ottawa senators and Calgary Flames hosted NHL games.
Boos apparently took place when President Donald Trump followed through his promise to place 25% duty rates on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% on imports from China. Any energy resources from Canada would be hit at a rate of 10%.
In a statement obtained by Pakinomist on Saturday, the Trump administration said the order is an answer to an “extraordinary threat that illegal aliens and drugs make up, including deadly fentanyl, (at) constitutes a national emergency.”
Ottawa Senators Fans Boo US National Anthem After Trump Issuing Customs Rates
Canada’s Maple Leaf logo at Center Court before a game between Washington Wizards and Raptors at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, October 20, 2023. (John E. Sokolowski-usa Today Sports)
At the forefront of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation, Trump said he would “love” if Canada could become the “51st state.”
Trudeau has since complained about the tariffs charged by the Trump administration.
In a fact sheet released by the White House on Saturday, the US implements customs against Canada, Mexico and China to keep them in charge “for their promises to stop illegal immigration and stop toxic fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country.” This “extraordinary threat” said the White House, “constitutes a national emergency according to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.”
The National Haths are sung at Canadian Tire Center before the NHL game between the Ottawa senators and Los Angeles Kings on October 14, 2024 in Ottawa, Canada. (André Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images)
However, Trudeau claimed that “less than 1% of fentanyl and less than a% illegal crossings to the United States come from Canada.”
